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28%[2] of "qualifying hours" are made by independent production companies (statutory target is 25%). 99% of peak hours programmes are original productions (target 90%), as are 82% of all hours (target 70%).[2]

Some of the channels most popular programmes such as Match of the Day, Have I Got News for You, The Kumars at No. 42, The Apprentice and Little Britain originally started off on other BBC channels, but were moved to BBC One because of their popularity.[15]

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Productions

For the first half-century of its existence, with the exception of films and imported programmes from countries such as the United States and Australia, almost all the channel's output was produced by the BBC's in-house production departments. This changed following the Broadcasting Act 1990, which required that 25% of the BBC's television output be out-sourced to independent production companies.[16] As of 2004 many popular BBC One shows are made for the channel by independents, but the in-house production departments continue to contribute heavily to the schedule.

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Regional variations

An example of the BBC One Scotland variation on the current national theme.
An example of the BBC One Scotland variation on the current national theme.

To reflect the countries within the United Kingdom that the channel is available in, BBC One has individual continuity and opt-outs for Scotland,[17] Wales[18] and Northern Ireland.[19] The channel's visual identity is largely the same as the version used in England, save for the inclusion of the country name below the main BBC One logo.

In the English regions,[20] the BBC has regional news and current affairs programme opt-outs as well as a limited amount of continuity for the English regions. During such regional opt-outs, the region name is displayed as with the national variations, in smaller characters beneath the main channel logo. A generic news programme, UK Today, available mainly to digital viewers but also shown in the case of problems with regional news programmes was discontinued in 2002. This was replaced by transmission of BBC London News, since digital viewers are now able to receive regional programming.

BBC One Scotland has undoubtedly the greatest level of variation from the generic network, owing to BBC Scotland scheduling Scottish programming on the main BBC Scotland channel, rather than on BBC Two. BBC One Scotland variations include the soap opera River City and the football programme Sportscene, the inclusion of which causes network programming to be displaced or replaced.

BBC One Wales was considered a separate channel by the BBC upon its launch in the mid-1960s, appearing as "BBC Wales" (without the "1")[21]

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Presentation

Main article: History of BBC television idents

BBC One's identity has been symbolised by a globe shown on its idents for most of its existence.[22] Originally in 1962 this was represented as a map of the UK shown between programmes, but in 1963 the globe first appeared, changing in style and appearance over the next 39 years.

  • From 15 November 1969 it became a 'mirror-globe' in several colours and sizes (a globe in front of a curved mirror which reflected a distorted view of the reverse).
  • On 18 February 1985 the COW (Computer Originated World) debuted. This was a computer-animated globe with the land coloured gold and the sea a transparent blue, giving the impression of a glass globe.
  • On 16 February 1991 on the same day that BBC2 rebranded, an ethereal crystal-ball-type globe appeared, which was played out on air from laserdisc.
  • On 4 October 1997 the revolving aspect disappeared as the globe became a red, orange and yellow hot-air balloon, coloured to resemble a globe, flying around various places in the UK.
  • On 29 March 2002 the globe disappeared from television screens, to be replaced by a series of idents consisting of people dancing in various styles (see BBC One 'Rhythm & Movement' idents).
  • On 7 October 2006 at 10:00 BST, the new set of idents based on circles (see BBC One 'Circle' idents) were launched. According to the BBC, the circle symbol both represents togetherness and acts as a nod to the former globe idents.

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Impact of Peter Fincham

Since first joining the channel as Controller in 2005 Peter Fincham oversaw the commissioning of several successful BBC One programmes including Robin Hood (2006–present), Jane Eyre (2006) and How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, which was soon followed by related shows Any Dream Will Do and I'd Do Anything because of its success.[23] His first full year in charge of the channel saw a year-on-year growth in the audience share, with a rise from 22.2% in August 2005 up to a 23.6% share in August 2006.[24]

Fincham also directly initiated the creation of both early evening current affairs and lifestyle programme The One Show (2006–present), now to run all but two weeks of the year, and the prime time chat show Davina (2006), the latter being designed as a vehicle for successful Big Brother presenter Davina McCall.[25] However, Davina was a critical and ratings disaster,[26] which Fincham subsequently admitted was personally his fault, although he defended the strategy of experimenting with the BBC One schedule. He then continued with this experimentation with another notable change to the schedule in January 2007, when he moved the current affairs series Panorama back from its Sunday night slot to a prime time Monday evening slot which it had been removed from in 2000, although this decision was most likely in response to a demand from the Board of Governors of the BBC for the channel to show more current affairs programming in prime time.[27]

Fincham's judgement was again called into question, this time by The Daily Telegraph newspaper, for his decision to spend £1.2 million replacing the BBC 'Rhythm & Movement' idents, which had been introduced by his predecessor Lorraine Heggessey several years earlier, with the BBC One 'Circle' idents, a set of eight ten-second films, some of which were shot abroad in locations such as Mexico and Croatia.[28] Fincham later found himself having to publicly defend the £18 million salary that the BBC paid presenter Jonathan Ross in 2006,[29] although Ross's BBC One work - primarily consisting of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - formed only a small part of his overall BBC commitment.

In May 2007, Fincham took the decision to drop the Australian soap opera Neighbours from BBC One after twenty-one years on the channel, when its producers significantly raised the price they wanted the BBC to pay for it in a bidding war.[30] Fincham commented that it was 'a big loss', but that BBC One would not pay 'the best part of £300 m'.[31] Neighbours left the channel in Spring 2008 to move to Five and is currently the most popular daytime show.[31]

Fincham was involved in a further controversy in July 2007, when he was accused of misleading BBC One viewers. The incident involved a clip from forthcoming documentary A Year With the Queen which was shown to journalists during a press conference. It apparently showed the Queen storming out of a session with American photographer Annie Leibovitz over a disagreement about what she should wear, but the BBC subsequently admitted that the scenes used in the trailer had been edited out of their correct order, meaning that a false impression was given.[32] Fincham admitted the error, but rejected calls that he should resign from his position as a result.[33] His future was deemed uncertain following critical comments from BBC Trust Chairman Sir Michael Lyons[34] and he resigned on 5 October 2007.

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Subtitles service

The BBC has stated that by April 2008 they aim to have subtitles for viewers with hearing difficulties present on 100% of BBC programming. Currently 95% of BBC One and BBC Two programmes are subtitled.[35] The BBC also offers audio description on some popular BBC One programmes[36] for visually impaired viewers. Currently 8% of the BBC's total television output, which includes BBC One, has audio descriptions. This will increase to 10% by 2008.[37]

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Notes and references

  1. ^ A 240-line intermediate film system and the Marconi-EMI's 405-line all-electronic television service. Germany introduced all-electronic television with a medium level of image resolution (180 lines) in 1935.
  2. ^ a b c d , and makes an annual profit of £900 million.BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006
  3. ^ Burns, R.W. (1998). Television: An International History of the Formative Years. London: The Institution of Electrical Engineers, ix. ISBN 0-85296-914-7. 
  4. ^ They filmed the static-ridden output they saw on their screen, and this poor-quality, mute film footage is the only surviving record of 1930s British television filmed directly from the screen. However, some images of programmes do survive in newsreels, which also contain some footage shot in studios while programmes were being made, giving a feel for what was being done, albeit without directly replicating what was being shown on screen.
  5. ^ The edit that rewrote history - Baird. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
  6. ^ Rohrer, Finlo. "Back after the break", BBC News Magazine, bbc.co.uk, 2006-06-07. Retrieved on 2007-04-25. 
  7. ^ BBC One named Channel Of The Year at Broadcast Awards BBC Press Office; 25 January 2007
  8. ^ BARB.
  9. ^ Hunt appointed new BBC One boss. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
  10. ^ BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 (PDF). BBC Trust p.144. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  11. ^ Heaven and Earth ends.
  12. ^ New shows to replace Heaven and Earth.
  13. ^ BBC criticised for reducing amount of religious programmes.
  14. ^ Five wins Neighbours soap fight. BBC News (2007-05-18). Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
  15. ^ The Apprentice moves to BBC One BBC Press Office
  16. ^ About the Independent Production Quota.
  17. ^ About BBC One Scotland BBC Website
  18. ^ About BBC One Wales BBC Website
  19. ^ About BBC One Northern Ireland BBC Website
  20. ^ BBC - England BBC Website
  21. ^ "...a separate service - BBC Wales - available to the greater part of the people in the Principality..." BBC Handbook 1967, p25; British Broadcasting Corporation, London: 1966
  22. ^ Oh, that Symbol... - Baird. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
  23. ^ Snoddy, Raymond. "Back the BBC to hang on to its viewers in the multi-channel age", The Independent, 2006-10-23. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. 
  24. ^ Channel 4's Big Brother hangover (Requires free registration). Guardian Unlimited (2006-10-18). Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
  25. ^ Wells, Matt (2006-09-06). The One Show gets another go (Requires free registration). Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
  26. ^ Sutcliffe, Thomas. "Do not blame Davina for this disaster", The Independent, 2006-03-14. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. 
  27. ^ Sherwin, Adam. "Panorama to take on ITV soap", The Times, 2006-01-19. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. 
  28. ^ Alleyne, Richard. "BBC splashes out £1.2 m on circle of life TV links", The Daily Telegraph, 2006-09-27. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. 
  29. ^ Sherwin, Adam. "BBC's £18 m deal makes Ross best-paid presenter", The Times, 2006-06-10. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. 
  30. ^ BBC pulls out of Neighbours fight. BBC News Online (2007-05-18). Retrieved on 2007-05-18.
  31. ^ a b Neighbours will move in Spring 2008 Media Guardian
  32. ^ BBC apologises over Queen clips. BBC News Online (2007-07-12). Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  33. ^ I stay, says royal row BBC boss. BBC News Online (2007-07-13). Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  34. ^ Fincham Criticised by Sir Michael Lyons Times Online
  35. ^ BBC policy on subtitles BBC Website
  36. ^ List of programmes with audio description.
  37. ^ BBC Policy on Audio Descriptions BBC Website

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